Audio, Video and Multimodal Person Identification in a Smart Room

Abstract. In this paper, we address the modality integration issue on the example of a smart room environment aiming at enabling person identification by combining acoustic features and 2D face images. First we introduce the monomodal audio and video identification techniques and then we present the use of combined input speech and face images for person identification. The various sensory modalities, speech and faces, are processed both individually and jointly. It’s shown that the multimodal approach results in improved performance in the identification of the participants.

Zaragoza • Del 8 al 10 de Noviembre de 2006 IV Jornadas en Tecnologia del Habla MULTIMODAL PERSON IDENTIFICATION IN

In this paper we present a person identification system based on a combination of acoustic features and 2D face images. We address the modality integration issue on the example of a smart room environment. In order to improve the results of the individual modalities, the audio and video classifiers are integrated after a set of normalization and fusion techniques. First we introduce the monomodal acoustic and video identification approaches and then we present the use of combined input speech and face images for person identification. The various sensory modalities, speech and faces, are processed both individually and jointly. The result obtained in the CLEAR’06 Evaluation Campaign shows that the performance of the multimodal approach results in improved performance in the identification of the participants. 1

Training farmers on Circular economy implementation: the TANGO-Circular Project

The volume of waste produced by agricultural activities is constantly rising, due to the continuous increase of crop and livestock production, aimed to cover the nutritional needs of the accreting population of the planet. This enormous mass of wastes has a significant environmental impact. A very promising way to reduce the environmental footprint of agriculture, passes through the valorization of agricultural co-products, by-products, residues and waste, as well as other materials - such as plastics – widely used for crop cultivation and animal production, after the end of their working life. In order to involve farmers to play an active role on this issue, contributing to transform what they currently consider as a “waste” into a new resource, under the perspective of a circular economy and for a more sustainable agriculture, the Project TANGO-Circular has been financed by the EU Erasmus+ Programme. Aim of this Project is to contribute to the development of regional ecosystems, directly providing valuable economical inputs by integrating, through a Quadruple- Helix approach, innovative solutions, with a work-based learning. Core of the Project is the design, implementation and validation of some “Rural Labs”, in which farmers and other relevant stakeholders will be trained through a “knowledge-driven” approach. There, new ways of training will be explored, for the sake of a larger audience of trained people, working in the Project Countries as well as in the rest of Europe